Charles wittenberg



(No Model.)

0. 'WITTENB ERGQ TELEPHONE TOLL OOLLEOTOR AND REGISTER.

Patented Jan. 11, 1887.

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UNITED STATES "PATENT OFF CE;

CHARLES WITTENBERG, ,oF INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO EDWARD e. CORNELIUS, on SAME PLAQE.

TELEPHONE-TOLL c oLLEcToR AND REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 355,744, dated January 11, 1887.

Application filed April 23, 1886. Serial No. 199.800. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WITTENBERG,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State ,5 of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Telephone-Toll- Collectors and Registers, of whichthe following is a specification.- I

My invention relates to an improved attachment for telephones, for receiving tolls for the use of the telephone, or for registering the number of times the telephone is used.

The object of my improvement is to provide means for locking the'switch-lever of a telephone apparatus, whereby it becomes necessary to deposit a coin or check representing theamount of toll required, or to carry forward one point a registering-disk before the switch-lever can be moved to make the reall as hereinafter fully explained.

Theaccompanying drawings illustrate my' 3 invention."

Figure l is afront elevation. Fig. 2isasection at a, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a section'at b, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a detail.

A is the case, adapted to be secured to the side ofan ordinary telephone-case, ahd containing register and toll-collecting mechanism. 5 Said case extendsalso across the telephonecase beneath and upward along the opposite side of the box B, which contains the magnetobell apparatus and the switch-lever C, so as to include that portion of said switch-lever be- 40 tween the hook which supports the telephonereceiver D and the side of the box B.

The switch-leverO is locked by a catch-lever, 6, in the position in which it is held by the weight of the receiver D'that is, in such a position that the signal-bell is connected with the exchange, and the transmitter and receiver are disconnected therefrom. Said catchlever is disengaged and the switch-lever released by means of a trip-lever, f, which is mounted on a shaft, h, having on its opposite.

end a second lever, 'i. The free end of levert' quired connections to put the telephonein opis arranged in case A, beneath a plunger, j, which is supported in suitable ways, so as to slide vertically therein by a spring, k.

L is a bracket secured to the plunger j so as I to slide therewith;

m is a catch-bar pivoted at n to bracket L, and having its lower end adapted to engage the free end of lever t and its upper end adapted to engage the actuating-lever 0 of a register, R. The arrangement of levers i and o and catch-bar m is such that when thelower end of the catch-bar hangs in its normal position, as shown in full lines in Fig. 2, both of said levers will be engaged by the catch-bar when plunger j is moved downward; but when the catch-bar is swung to one side against a stop, 10, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, neither of said levers will be engaged by the catchbar. 7

T is a chute arranged to conduct a coin from the top of the case to a point between plunger j and lever i.

transmitter of the telephone are thereby disconnected from the line-circuit in the manner 8 5 common and well'known. The switch-lever is automatically locked in said position by the catch-lever e, which hooks over the lever, as shown in Fig. 3. After the receiver has been" removed from the lever, the person who habit- 0' ually uses the telephone pushes plunger j downward. Catch-bar m engages lever z, the movement of which is transmitted through shafth to the trip-leverf, which, moving backward against the catch levere, disengages said 5 lever from the switch-lever, which is drawn up, when released, by the spring 0, thus making the connections in box A, which place the telephone in the line of communication. At thesame time the upper end of catch-bar m engages the actuating-lever 0 of the register, thereby moving the register forward one point,

When the telephone is to'be used by a transient caller, he is directed to place a nickel in the chute T. The coin comes to rest on lever 5 and against'the eatclrbar m, pushing the catch-bar over into the position indicated by dotted lines, Fig. 2. The coin now forms the connection between the plunger and lever i, and the plunger being depressed until the coin escapes between the catch-bar and the shorter portion of the lever the lever 13 is moved and the switch'lever released, as before described, and the coin is'discharged into the drawer S. If the transient caller neglects to deposit the nickel the register will be operated, and the alarm thereby given on bell 'I notifies the person in charge.

I claim as my inventionl 1. The combination of the following ele ments, namely: a telephone switch-lever of the class shown and described, a locking device arranged to engage said lever, and mechanism for operating said locking device so as to release the lever, said mechanism having as one of its essential elements a coin or other representative of value, all arranged to co-operate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of the switch-lever 0, case A, catch-lever e, trip-lever f, shafth, lever t, chute T, plunger j, and acoin interposed between said plunger and lever i, all'arranged to co-operate substantially as and for the purpose specified. i

3. The combination of the switch-lever 0, case A, catch-lever e, trip lever f,shaft h, lever t, plunger j, bracket 1, catch-bar m, register R, and its actuating-lever 0, all arranged to cooperate substantially as and for the purpose specified.

CHARLES WITTENBERG.

Witnesses:

H. P. Hoon, A. M. H001). 

